Twins-Tigers series preview: Radio-TV information, pitching matchups, injury report
Detroit ace Tarik Skubal starts Game 1 on Tuesday night at Target Field.
Three-game series at Target Field
All games on BSN, 830 AM and 102.9 FM
Tuesday, 6:40 p.m.: LHP Tarik Skubal (9-3, 2.32 ERA) vs. RHP Simeon Woods Richardson (3-1, 3.41)
Wednesday, 7:10 p.m.: RHP Jack Flaherty (5-5, 3.24 ERA) vs. RHP David Festa (1-0, 9.00)
Thursday, 1:10 p.m.: RHP Kenta Maeda (2-4, 5.76 ERA) vs. RHP Bailey Ober (7-4, 4.30)
Detroit update: The Tigers (38-46) started a 10-game road trip by losing three of four to the Angels. … Detroit was 18-13 on May 1, but are 20-33 since. They won four of seven games from the Twins in April. … Flaherty (115 strikeouts in 89 innings) and Skubal (112 strikeouts in 97 innings) are third and fourth in the AL in Ks. … OF Matt Vierling is day to day after fouling a pitch off his left foot on Saturday. … SS Javy Baez (back) is out.
Twins update: They are a season-high 10 games over .500 at 47-37. … They have homered in a team-record 19 consecutive games. … SS Carlos Correa is hitting .311, fourth in the AL. … The Twins were 15-12 in June — going 7-3 from June 10-20 at Target Field in their only homestand of the month. … After a 6-1 loss to the Tigers on April 21, the Twins were 7-13 but are 40-24 since. … P Chris Paddack (arm), P Brock Stewart (elbow) and OF Alex Kirilloff (back) are out.
Only 34 years old, Jeremy Zoll has worked his way up the organizational ranks since coming to the Twins in 2018.